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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. BNSF FAN

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    That is certainly different.
     
  2. Mr. Trainiac

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    I find the “powered by our people” unit to be very ironic. Considering the Precision Scheduled Railroading layoffs in 2018 and early 2019, there are fewer and fewer people that actually power the railroad. In any company, the bottom line is king, and I see this unit as some kind of advertisement/appeasement to the people who are left.
     
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  3. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    In a few years, they may need to change that slogan to "powered by computers", as human crew-less trains might be a reality then. :(
     
  4. BNSF FAN

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    A neat in the right place catch yesterday afternoon on the way home from the knee doctor. A Progress Rail GP38-2(?) #3805 on the Georgia Northeastern RR pushing and pulling a few cars across I-75 in Marietta GA. We were heading north (the wife was driving) and I managed to pry my white knuckled hands off the dash long enough for this grab shot.
    PR3805.JPG
     
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  5. Kurt Moose

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    Nice catch, funny story!!
    :D:ROFLMAO::LOL:
     
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  6. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    I just don't know what to say, I am at a loss for words.
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  7. Hardcoaler

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    :eek: Next up on the most desired 3D model list is …...
     
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    2 paws.JPG
     
  9. Hytec

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    This would be perfect for the museum in G-Scale. The kids would love it, also their grandparents. :love:
     
  10. Kurt Moose

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    dumb-and-dumber.jpg Harry and Loyd(Dumb and Dumber)go to Europe?
    o_O
     
  11. BoxcabE50

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    One looks like a cat, the other a dog?
     
  12. BoxcabE50

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    That's actually a Patriot Rail GP38-3. It had been out in the Pacific NW. I believe Patriot has their HQ back in the southeast, so it may be en route back home?
     
  13. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Ahhh, yeah. Bull the dog and Mike the cat. There is also a car decorated like an organ with a monkey playing the keyboard and one like a decorated cake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikoma_Cable_Line
     
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  14. BuddyBurton

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    [​IMG]Time to let off a bit of steam in this heat with the QJ 2-10-2 #6988 during the Menlo Fire and Rescue’s “Ride The Rails”
    event, which also coincides with the town’s 150th Anniversary Celebration.

    Iowa Interstate Council Bluffs Sub
    June 29, 2019.

    Video runby—


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  15. Hytec

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    Thanks for a great video. Love the stack talk.
     
  16. Eagle2

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    Sounds like someone liked Lionel?
     
  17. HemiAdda2d

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    Up till at least 2008, this old workhorse (ex CB&Q 374, built October 1955) was still active in Great Falls, MT:

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  18. Hardcoaler

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    Quite the weathering job on NS 5237, a GP-38-2 built exactly 40 years ago for the SOU. [06/21/2019, Columbia, SC]

    2019-06-21 NS 5237 Columbia SC - for upload.jpg
     
  19. Hytec

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    Based on cab lettering, I believe it was built for the CNO&TP under lease to the Southern, now NS, until 2026. Regardless, it's a great photo with an excellent prototype weathering example to follow.
     
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    There's only one thing you can say: Welcome to Japan.
     

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